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| Apple Airport Express Very Cool Product Here are the guts of the AirPort Express. I have started modding it:http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=14992 | |
| Benchmark DAC1 auditions out there? latest model I found it to be about the best stock DAC I have ever heard in terms of the high-frequency extension and dynamics. They definitely got this part right. However, I found an imbalance of these HF dynamics with the mid and bass dynamics. The bass ext... | |
| Better Transport then a NAD 541i Used Sony DVP-S7700 or Pioneer DV-47A or Ai make great transports. The 7700 is the only one that has two lasers, one for DVD and one for CD.Steve N.ManufacturerEmpirical Audio | |
| USB Soundcards - faint popping/clicks This is a buffering/cacheing problem. You should try different buffer size settings and latency settings if you have those available. If you are using iTunes player these usually go away. They can occur with Foobar2000. | |
| Slew Rate? Slew rate and frequency response are both important because one addresses transient response and the other addresses steady-state response. No slew-rate spec is going to tell you what the amp will sound like. There are several reasons:1) Transient... | |
| best DAC for PC server Juzi68 - once you have the clarity and speed of PC driven playback, you will notice the jitter even more. The clock in the PC, the S/PDIF interface, the S/PDIF cable all add to the jitter. I hear it mostly as a bit of echo or sibilance at the high... | |
| Apple Lossless Wirelessly I did a series of blind A/B tests with my wife and I agree with her findings, ordered from best to worst:___Player___Format__________Hardware1) Foobar___24/96___________USB Off-Ramp (modified Transit)2) iTunes___Apple lossless_____USB Off-Ramp3) i... | |
| Apple Lossless Wirelessly It is a bit technical. You need to be able to match the impedance to 75 ohms, and this does not just mean inserting a 75 ohm resistor. I have developed special equipment for this. I improve the power delivery to all the active parts, improve the P... | |
| Apple Lossless Wirelessly Go the AirPort Express working now. Even with Toslink, the iTunes sound is not shabby at all. Sounds a tad hollow and focus could be a bit better, but very dynamic and extended. I will be comparing it to my modded USB->S/PDIF coax Transit doing... | |
| USB Audio Output Recommendations? Questions... I have a good upsampling DAC, the P-3A. Doing it in software seems to be better than with the Crystal chipset. | |
| USB Audio Output Recommendations? Questions... Are all CDs 16 bit/44.1 kHz sampling rate? YES(If there are CDs in 24/96 format, are they converted to 16/44.1 when ripped using EAC?) I ripped a remastered "Willy & the Poor Boys" last night that purported to be 20 bit. Are they just referrin... | |
| USB Audio Output Recommendations? Questions... I routinely use the M-Audio Transit to playback 24/96. It uses a special driver and with Foobar2000, it will do 24/96. They is by-far the best-sounding digital playback, even a bit better than iTunes.Steve N.ManufacturerEmpirical Audio | |
| Apple Lossless Wirelessly Anyone use an AirPort Express with a PC?If so, how did you get it to work? | |
| DACs: Airport Express vs waveterminal vs mini-dac Having some trouble getting my PC laptop to talk to the AirPort Express....Looks like I will have to cut it out of the case to mod it - no fasteners. | |
| DAC's for the money? The only downside of modding the DV-47Ai as a CDP is that the analog outs are AC-coupled. DAC's such as the P-3A, MSB Gold and Electrocompaniet ECD-1 are all DC-coupled, which makes them better candidates to achieve world-class performance with mo... |